Improvement in clothes-wringers



.l. N. PDAGE.

CIothes-Wringers.

Patented Dec. 31, 1872 Wiliiesmw.

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Jenn POAGE, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE QUEEN crrr WRINGERCOMPANY, on sun; PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 13$,d85, dated December31, 1872.

To all whom it may concerns Be it known that I, JOHN N. POAGE, ofGincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and in the State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Wringers; and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawingmaking a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a roller and crank combined in accordance with my improvedmethod, and Fig. 2- is a perspective view of said parts detached.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

Much time and skill have been expended in improving the general featuresof wringers but one of their principal points-the attachment of theoperating-crank to or upon the roller-is now and has been for years asource of annoyance and discomfort to the operators, most of whom,having little or no mechanical skill, are unable to favor the weak pointof the machine; and consequently are disposed to forego the many andgood features because of the one objection.

To remove this difiicult-y and render impracticable the accidentaldisengagement of the crank from the roller is the design of myinvention; which consists in a roller-shaftprovided with a screw-threadfor the reception of the hub of a crank and a second thread turning inan opposite direction, for the reception of a jam or binding nut, whensaid shaft is combined with a crank and jam or binding nut,substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a wringer-roller provided with acentral metal shaft, 13, in the usual manner. Upon one end the shaft Bis reduced somewhat in diameter, so as to form a shoulder, I), and uponsuch reduced portion is provided a screw-thread, b, made preferably toturn to the right. The threaded portion I) has a length slightly lessthan the length of the hub c of the crank O, and from the end of theformer to the end of jam-nut is screwed to place by being turned in adirection opposite to that required by the crank, it is impracticablefor the latter to turn backward while said nut is in position, as suchmotion of said crank would tend to tighten rather than to loosen thenut.

Although the crank-screw is preferably con structed right-handed becausethe principal motion of the crank is in such direction, it will be seenthat the result produced would be the same if said thread werelefthanded, so long as the jam-nut thread turned in an oppositedirection.

This method of locking the crank in place upon the shaft is so simple asnot to increase the cost. of the wringer, while at the same time itsefficiency will materially enhance the usefulness and value of saidarticle.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new 1s- The rollershaft B provided with the reducedportions 1) and 1; having screw-threads turn- Witnesses: 2/

W. J. Fr'r GERALD, J. W. BREWSTER.

